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The Pyramid of Khufu or Cheops was constructed between 2580 and 2560 BCE. It is the largest pyramid in the world and was the tallest manmade structure for 3800 years.
Eurobowl semi-final 2008
Raiffeisen Vikings : Seinäjoki Crocodiles -> 43:7.
This is the 6th time in a row for the Vikings hitting the Eurobowl final round.
Amazing fact: They won the last 4 Eurobowls.
Omitting the small ones at the front, from left to right: the Pyramid of Menkaure, the Pyramid of Khafre and the Great Pyramid of Khufu (or other name Kheops).
Pyramid Club, 1984, NYC
This image is part of my PUNKS & PROVOCATEURS series (http://www.rebelrebelle.com)
Michael Roman graffiti on wall!
This particular photo later inspired my Three Part Bodyseries.
Photo © Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto.com '09
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Entrance to the pyramid of Unas is on the north side.
As the barbed wire fence tells, the pyramid is not open for public.
One from my archives.
Taken looking towards Cairo.
The most famous pyramids are the Egyptian pyramids — huge structures built of brick or stone, some of which are among the world's largest constructions. The age of the pyramids reached its zenith at Giza in 2575-2150 B.C. As of 2008, some 138 pyramids have been discovered in Egypt. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest in Egypt and one of the largest in the world. Until Lincoln Cathedral was finished in AD 1311, it was the tallest building in the world. The base is over 52,600 square meters in area. While pyramids are associated with Egypt, the nation of Sudan has 220 extant pyramids, the most numerous in the world.
The Great Pyramid of Giza was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It is the only one to survive into modern times. The Ancient Egyptians covered the faces of pyramids with polished white limestone, containing great quantities of fossilized seashells. Many of the facing stones have fallen or have been removed and used to build the mosques of Cairo.
This is the North site of the Pyramids in area of Meroe. The amazing thing about the pyramids here in Sudan compared to that of Giza in Egypt is not the size or the shape (Giza wins hands down in those catagories) but in its isolation. Besides Andy and I, there was virtually nobody else there save for some camel handlers trying to get us to ride at a premium.
You have the pyramids all to yourself rather than it being bizzare, it's actually quite fitting. Let us not forget that these are ancient burial site, tombs for pharaohs entering the afterlife, not cities bustling with people. It's like being in a cemetary paying homage to the dead. Imagine if your local graveyard was turned into a tourist attraction or something outlandish like a casino. Oh wait, that's already been done in Las Vegas. Silly me.
A pyramid of vine glasses displayed at Wayne & Esther's wedding dinner.
Camera used: Sony DSLR Alpha 700.
Lens: SAL 50mm f/1.4.
Painted up division street girl
She's a pretty denim queen
Bird of paradise eyes
Bird of paradise dying eyes
But I could sight read those slangy lips
I could sight right those hips
And anyway out loud she says
Hey sucker...
Are you lonely ?
03. Division st. girl
The Pyramid Fountain in front of the Louvre on a summer’s day. The fountains were added to the famous museum in the 1st Arrondissement of Paris during the term of President François Mitterand, who had proposed a plan to renovate the building in 1983. This so-called Grand Louvre plan also included the building of the glass pyramids. Although the fountains were built for aesthetic purposes, they are sometimes used by overheated tourists to simply cool down a little. Furthermore, several videos can be found on YouTube featuring tourists balancing on the edge of the fountains and toppling over into the water. Luckily, the fountains are extremely shallow, so they can climb out easily again.
The Transamerica Pyramid is a 48-story futurist building and the second-tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco, California. The building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, which moved to Baltimore, but it is still associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo. Designed by architect William Pereira and built by Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company, at 260m, on completion in 1972 it was the eighth-tallest building in the world.
Pyramid monument (there's a swampy lake behind here) at the edge of the pool that the German and Soviet military personnel swam in. It's returned to nature (the pics of it in the old days looked really nice) and stuff.
Anyhow, the monument is dedicated to those who served here and died between WW1, WW2, and the soviet cold war eras.
Kummersdorf Germany, September 2006. These are all photos of an old german then soviet air base in Kummersdorf Germany. They're in the process of tearing it down to expand Shonefeld airport, near Berlin.
Most of these buildings were built during ww1 for training the German military. Then, as WW2 progresssed rocket research was done here in an attempt to come up with larger more powerful artilery shells, and then atomic weapons. Finally, when the scientists headed to the US and Russia, they started building artilery shells and training officers here.
After WW2, when the soviets moved in, the soviets had staging post for their troops, and started doing research on rockets for the space race. Somewhere in these pictures is a soviet explosive test area (it was a buried bunker with 35 foot thick concrete walls surrounding 10 foot thick steel bunker.) which was exploded and broke windows for over 3000 houses nearly a mile away.
Dec 1992
I flew on the first KC-135 to have rollers installed for moving cargo. We flew from Altus AFB, OK to Cairo West, Egypt. Upon landing the plane broke so badly, the crew had a week to go anywhere we wanted. It was awesome!
This is my favorite photo of the trip.
Nature is a powerhouse of patterns. So when I saw this strange looking fruit on a plant just outside my house (later found that it's castor fruit), I knew that it would be a interesting subject.
Milky Way over Pyramid Lake, Jasper National Park Canada.
When I headed out around 10pm to shoot the sky I had no idea what was waiting. The conditions were perfect with no wind and perfectly calm water to give great reflections. I wanted to shoot a little more to the south to pick up some foreground detail but the sky glow from Jasper made it impossible.
The Red Pyramid, also called the North Pyramid, is the largest of the three major pyramids located at Dahshur.
Named for the rusty reddish hue of its stones, it is also the third largest Egyptian pyramid, after those of Khufu and Khafra at Giza.
At the time of its completion, it was the tallest man-made structure in the world. It is also believed to be the world's first successful attempt at constructing a "true" smooth-sided pyramid.
The Red Pyramid was not always red. It used to be cased with white Tura limestone, but only a few of these stones now remain at the pyramid's base, at the corner.
During the Middle Ages much of the white Tura limestone was taken for buildings in Cairo, revealing the reddish sandstone beneath.